THE PRIME MINISTER
by Trollope, Anthony
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- first
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1876. [preceding the 4-vol. UK edition] Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, n.d. [1876]. Original green cloth decorated in black and gilt.
First Edition (preceding the four-volume English edition, but sharing the spotlight with an edition by Harper of New York, as both American editions were published at noon on May 17, 1876). With the serial format dying (following the death of its champion Dickens in mid-1870), Chapman & Hall experimented (unsuccessfully) with issuing THE PRIME MINISTER in eight monthly five-shilling parts from Nov 1875 through June 1876; they then published it in four cloth-bound volumes -- in "May 1876" according to Sadleir, but "on June 12th, 1876" according to Smith. American publication of this title was very curious... Porter & Coates paid Harper 175 pounds for advance sheets and the right to publish simultaneously -- which they did. P&C came out with the novel at three different prices: for 75¢ in paper wrappers in their "Library of Approved Novels," for $1.25 in cream cloth in their "International Series" or in green (as here) or terra-cotta cloth, and for $1.50 in fancier (black-and-gold) cloth. Harper issued the novel only in wrappers (though cloth was advertised) -- at the same 75¢ -- later reduced (with a different wrapper) to 60¢, to drive down P&C's sales. Condition of this substantial 690-page volume is very good-plus, with minor wear at the extremities, light flecking of the cloth, and some cracking of the original brown-coated endpapers. Smith pp 199-203. Both the Harper and the P&C editions -- true first editions both -- are quite scarce.
First Edition (preceding the four-volume English edition, but sharing the spotlight with an edition by Harper of New York, as both American editions were published at noon on May 17, 1876). With the serial format dying (following the death of its champion Dickens in mid-1870), Chapman & Hall experimented (unsuccessfully) with issuing THE PRIME MINISTER in eight monthly five-shilling parts from Nov 1875 through June 1876; they then published it in four cloth-bound volumes -- in "May 1876" according to Sadleir, but "on June 12th, 1876" according to Smith. American publication of this title was very curious... Porter & Coates paid Harper 175 pounds for advance sheets and the right to publish simultaneously -- which they did. P&C came out with the novel at three different prices: for 75¢ in paper wrappers in their "Library of Approved Novels," for $1.25 in cream cloth in their "International Series" or in green (as here) or terra-cotta cloth, and for $1.50 in fancier (black-and-gold) cloth. Harper issued the novel only in wrappers (though cloth was advertised) -- at the same 75¢ -- later reduced (with a different wrapper) to 60¢, to drive down P&C's sales. Condition of this substantial 690-page volume is very good-plus, with minor wear at the extremities, light flecking of the cloth, and some cracking of the original brown-coated endpapers. Smith pp 199-203. Both the Harper and the P&C editions -- true first editions both -- are quite scarce.
Synopsis
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported the family. Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim both as a novelist and as a senior civil servant in the Post Office. He published more than forty novels and many short stories that are regarded by some as among the greatest of nineteenth-century fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15430
- Title
- THE PRIME MINISTER
- Author
- Trollope, Anthony
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1876
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (19th Century);
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Sumner & Stillman
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Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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